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Teaching & Learning
Headshot of Linda Patrick
May 14th, 2026

By Sara Meikle

For more than five decades, Dr. Linda Patrick has helped shape nursing in Ontario as a clinician, educator, administrator, researcher, mentor and advocate.

This year, the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) recognized that impact with one of its highest honours, the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Research & Innovation
A group of nursing students and faculty stand around a table of menstruation kits in Tanzania.
May 20th, 2026

By Sara Meikle

A group of University of Windsor nursing students have turned a transformative global experience into research, reflection and recognition.

Community & Partnerships
Dr. Kyle Asquith on UWindsor campus
May 27th, 2026

By Lindsay Charlton

The Canadian Communication Association was born from conversations held at the University of Windsor.

Nearly four decades later, it's coming back.

The return will bring more than 200 scholars, industry professionals and students working across communication and media from Canada and the United States to campus June 2 to 4  for its annual conference hosted by UWindsor’s Department of Communication, Media and Film (CMF).

Teaching & Learning
image os high school students in Odette lounge during the Outcry competition
May 25th, 2026

 

By Victor Romao

“Buy 10!”
“Sell 20!”
“Take it!”

The shouts echoed across the Odette School of Business trading pit April 21 as nearly 200 high school students stepped into the high-pressure world of stock trading — shouting orders, flashing hand signals and scrambling to outpace the market in the Outcry Trading Competition.

Teaching & Learning
Outstanding Scholar Nicole Vanier and Dr. Tim Brunet
May 13th, 2026

Outstanding Scholars students, friends and family gathered to celebrate the 2025/2026 graduating cohort.

The third annual Outstanding Scholars Gala celebrated the program’s hallmarks: curiosity, courage and community.

Nicole Vanier won the Outstanding Scholar Leadership Award for her contributions to the Outstanding Scholars Committee, academic excellence and work as a research assistant in the Rondeau-Gagné Group lab.

Research & Innovation
Ali Mozafari stands in front of two emergency vehicles during training at CAF base in Windsor.
May 13th, 2026

By Sara Meikle

Ali Mozafari’s path through the University of Windsor has been anything but linear.

A fourth-year nursing student with research experience spanning health sciences and engineering, his story is defined by resilience, curiosity and determination.

“Honestly, it’s been a chaotic journey,” he said. “But I’m proud of how I turned it around and everything I’ve been able to do since.”

People, Equity & Inclusion
Group of students outside Dillon Hall with banner for African Diaspora Youth Conference
May 22nd, 2026

By Kate Hargreaves 

Hundreds of future Lancers gathered at the University of Windsor May 7 and 8 for the 24th annual African Diaspora Youth Conference. 

Secondary students of African descent from Windsor, Toronto, the Greater Toronto Area, Guelph and Georgian Bay got to experience the UWindsor campus first-hand, participating in a variety of activities, workshops and keynotes across two days.

Teaching & Learning
Students digitizing archives for Miami Nation
May 12th, 2026

By Lindsay Charlton

For decades, the Miami Nation of Indiana has been fighting for its sovereignty to be acknowledged by the United States government, an effort a group of UWindsor students recently supported by helping preserve historical records.

Community & Partnerships
Dancers at the pow wow held in the University of Windsor's Toldo Lancer Centre.
May 12th, 2026

By John-Paul Bonadonna

Drums and the rhythm of dancing feet echoed through the Toldo Lancer Centre as hundreds gathered for the fifth annual Alumni and Student Pow Wow, Saturday, May 2.

The celebration continues to grow in both size and significance for the University and the wider community.

Latest News
Digital edition of Alumni Magazine on a laptop.
May 12th, 2026

The University of Windsor Public Affairs and Communications (PAC) department invites faculty, staff, students, researchers and alumni to help shape the upcoming edition of the UWindsor Alumni Magazine.

PAC is seeking stories of: